Japan is a country that worships history, especially the Three Kingdoms and the Han and Tang Dynasties in China. For a long time, they even believed that they were the orthodox of China. Because there was an archaeological incident in Japan, Japan was not allowed to conduct archaeological activities in the country. But there are still many archaeological teams in Japan, and these archaeological teams like to come to China to participate in archaeological activities. Especially in the 1990s, Japanese archaeological teams were present at many ancient tomb archaeological sites in China. The Runiya site was excavated by the Sino-Japanese joint archaeological team. In addition, Japan also participated in the archaeological excavation of the Mozuizi Han Tombs. During the archaeological process, an ancient astronomical instrument was unearthed, and then the archaeologists said that they "wanted to rewrite the history of world astronomy."
The ancients were not as free as modern people. They had clear rules on birth, marriage, and death. If you did not follow these rules, you might be punished. For the ancients, death was a big event, because the ancients believed that "death is the beginning of life"; but after death, one must find a geomantic treasure place to rest in peace. What is a Feng Shui treasure land? The feng shui treasures of cemeteries throughout the ages have had this standard: at least a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right, with a mountain at the back, a mountain in the front, and flowing water in the middle hall. The ancients believed that only this kind of terrain can be "analyzed into the five elements. Although it is transported by heaven and comes from the earth, when it moves, everything happens, and when it gathers, the mountains and rivers merge", so that "the buried person can take advantage of the vitality".
This feature is basically found in large ancient tombs discovered by modern archaeology, and the most obvious one is the Mozuizi Han Tomb located at the foothills of the Qilian Mountains and on both sides of the Zamu River, 15 kilometers southwest of Wuwei City, Gansu Province group. Generally speaking, Han tombs contain a lot of ancient tombs, and the Mozuizi Han tombs have been continuously excavated since they were discovered by archaeologists. During the 50 years from 1955 to 2005, archaeologists excavated no less than 100 ancient tombs in this ancient tomb group, and unearthed many cultural relics, including ordinary cultural relics, precious cultural relics, first-class cultural relics, and national treasure-level cultural relics.
The period of 1999 was the period of friendship between China and Japan. At that time, Japan was very fond of archeology and hoped to participate in archaeological research in China. After Japan's repeated applications, my country agreed to Japan's Akita Prefecture Buried Cultural Property Center to participate in my country's archaeological activities, and formed a joint archaeological team with the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology to conduct archaeological excavations at the Mozuizi Han Tombs. But archaeologists from our country must lead the archaeological work. The cultural relics unearthed can be studied in Japan, but they must be studied in our country. At the same time, the cultural relics unearthed must also be owned by our country.
While excavating the Mozuizi Han Tomb No. 2, the Chinese and Japanese archaeological team discovered the exquisite murals in this ancient tomb. The top of the mural is painted with celestial bodies, including the sun, moon, and moving clouds. The back wall and both sides are painted with figures, birds and beasts. Symbolizes nature and the universe. But among the many precious cultural relics unearthed, the one that attracts archaeologists the most is a wooden instrument plate. This wooden cultural relic is 2,000 years old. Although it is not well preserved, the original appearance of the cultural relic can still be seen after restoration. At the beginning, neither Chinese nor Japanese archaeologists knew what this cultural relic was used for until the bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty were later unearthed in the tomb. Most of the contents recorded on the bamboo slips are Han Dynasty Confucian classics, Han Dynasty divination, and Han Dynasty astronomy. Therefore, archaeologists speculate that the unearthed cultural relic is a lost astronomical instrument.
As soon as archaeologists determined that this was a lost astronomical instrument, Japanese archaeologists said that they "wanted to rewrite the history of world astronomy." What's going on? This is because some of the bamboo slips record that the conjunction period of Venus is 584.4 days. You must know that with such modern high-tech detection, the rendezvous period of Venus is measured to be 583.92 days. In other words, the ancient Chinese used this unearthed artifact to measure the accurate period of the conjunction cycle of Venus more than 2,000 years ago. With such advanced technology, it’s no wonder that archaeologists say it is “rewriting the history of world astronomy.”